EAGER: PPER Developing Drought-Resilient Communities by Utilizing Acrylic Concrete Structures for Rainwater Harvesting

EAGER：PPER 利用丙烯酸混凝土结构收集雨水来开发抗旱社区

基本信息

批准号：
1744006
负责人：
Azadeh Bolhari
金额：
$ 10万
依托单位：
Angelo State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-01 至 2019-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744006&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
EAGER PPER Developing Drought Resilient

项目摘要

This research project uses both citizen science and crowdsourcing in the design, construction, and utilization of acrylic concrete structures for rainwater harvesting in San Angelo, Texas, an area prone to persistent droughts. By engaging citizens in water sampling and water quality testing this project gains insight into leaching of acrylic concrete leachate in these rainwater harvesting systems and aids in the development of low-cost, sustainable rainwater harvesting systems that can support human consumption of this harvested water. In this research project, citizen scientists participate by collecting rainwater in their backwards, submitting measurements of captured rainwater through a mobile friendly platform, responding to surveys and interviews on the rainwater system, and participating in community workshops for continued and adaptive project design. Through this engagement process this research project seeks to expand the literature on engaging with vulnerable populations in citizen science water quality projects by considering local epistemologies and socioeconomic status in project design and implementation. This project has three goals to advance emerging rainwater harvesting technology: 1) advance the state of design and manufacturing of acrylic concrete that is used as a low-cost, sustainable rainwater harvesting system, 2) advance understanding of acrylic concrete leachate in the captured rainwater expand its use from irrigation purposes to human consumption, and, 3) fill a gap in the literature on how local knowledge in vulnerable populations plays an important role in water centric citizen science. The project design has continuous community outreach, engagement and assessment through three workshops titles, "construction", "water", and, "next steps", that recruit and take participants through the research project, step by step. The project is generating a framework to facilitate engagement of community members and vulnerable populations in engineering through civil engineering research.

该研究项目在德克萨斯州圣安吉洛的丙烯酸混凝土结构的设计，建设和利用中都使用公民科学和众包，这是德克萨斯州圣安吉洛的雨水收集，这是一个容易持续干旱的地区。通过让公民参与水采样和水质测试，该项目可以深入了解这些雨水收集系统中丙烯酸混凝土渗滤液的浸出，并有助于开发低成本，可持续的雨水收集系统，这些系统可以支持人类对这种收获水的消费。在该研究项目中，公民科学家通过收集雨水向后收集雨水，通过移动友好的平台对捕获的雨水进行测量，对雨水系统的调查和访谈做出响应，并参加社区研讨会，以进行持续和自适应的项目设计。通过这个参与过程，该研究项目旨在通过考虑当地的认识论和项目设计和实施中的社会经济地位，扩大有关与公民科学水质项目中脆弱人群互动的文献。该项目有三个目标，可以推进新兴的雨水收集技术：1）推进丙烯酸混凝土的设计和制造状态，用作低成本，可持续的雨水收集系统，2）提前了解丙烯酸混凝土在被捕获的雨水中的丙烯酸混凝土浸出的理解，从而将其从灌溉目的扩展到人类的范围，并填补了供水的重要范围，3）供水，3）供应范围，3）在供水范围内，3）文献中的文献中的文献中的范围供应范围。中心公民科学。该项目设计通过三个研讨会标题“建筑”，“水”和“下一步”，具有持续的社区外展，参与和评估，这些演出逐步招募并带领参与者通过研究项目。该项目正在生成一个框架，以通过土木工程研究来促进社区成员和弱势群体在工程领域的参与。